Fuel gauge trouble

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Leroy:

Sounds like you have hit the nail on the head, that would certainly explain it.

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
'84 FC35 Duncan, Oklahoma
Ralph's RV Solutions

At 12:34 PM 3/14/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>I don't know what the unit looks like but if it has a ground and one wire
>it sounds like the float might be assembled upside down. Is it possible
>to assemble that way? Sounds crazy but I have done that in a boat tank before.
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>Leroy Ekert
>1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
>Niceville, FL
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jrm1486
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:11 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Fuel gauge trouble
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> Can anyone explain the resistor on the back side of the fuel gauge?.
> My fuel gauge was relaaced along with the sending unit in the tank.
> Since that time the gauge
> reads backwards and very inaccurate. I have triple checked the wires,
> ground, ignition,and
> sending unit, checked the ignition for power it was ok, the ground was
> good. I even ran an
> external wire to the tank with the sending unit pulled out and operated
> outside of the tank
> the guage shows full when float is full down. When lifted it goes to
> empty, I noticed there was
> continunity amongst all of the connectors, I removed the resistor and
> for some reason the
> guage now reads 1/2 which is close as measured off of a yard stick.
> Any of your vast knowledge would be appreciated to help me fix this Pain,
> Thanks
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> John
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> 1984 RB 35'